Cottage Grove leader., August 23, 1910, Image 6

CURRENT EVENTS FOREST FIRES GRIP INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
OF THE WEEK TOWN OF WALLACE
SPIDERS DAMAGE HOPS.
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
Fifty are reported dead in and 1 Long-Continued Drouth Help« Cut Down
around Wallace, Idaho, where the
Crop Estimate.
| property loss is $1,000,000. The fire
Salem—Standing
between two evil«,
I has not enlarged on the area burn- a record-breaking Drouth
in the Wil­
• ed Saturday night.
lamette Valley and an unprecenented
• Mullan is probably safe but fires «courge of the red spider, the hop crop
(tonerai Return* o f Importent Ev*ntt threaten.
of the State of Oregon has suffered
Elk City is reported still unburn­ immensely the past week or ten days,
Presented In Condensed Form
and the yield, conservatively estimated
ed.
for Our Busy Reeders.
Four or more are dead in fires from the standpoint of both the ‘'bulls
near Newport, Wash.
One hun­ and bear*/ * will fall approximately
dred and eighty men in the forestry 5000 bales below that of last year. The
Political graft bunters in New York service are surrounded in the St. Joe yield of last year was about 84,000
bales, and the latest estimate for this
have failed to find any graft.
country.
Taft and St. Kegis, Mont, have season ran g es between 82,000 and 100,-
A plot has been discovered to over­
bales.
been burned. Saltese is surrounded ; 000 T he
throw the Portugese government.
m a rk e t has ta k e n on a co n sid er­
by fire.
Deborgia is seriously ( able stim ulus as a re su lt o f th e effects
Madriz haa fled from Managua, Nic-1 threatened. Haughan, Mont., is re­
of th e w e a th e r an d in creased rav ag es
aragua.
Estrada’s forces are ap- j ported destroyed.
of th e verm in w ithin th e p a s t w eek, in
proaching the city.
There is a solid line of fire from consequence of w hich th e grow ers begun
Thompson
Falls,
Mont.,
for
50*milt's
to assum e a d ecidedly o p tim istic a t t i ­
A Pennsylvania man sent out 5,000 ;
sermons on gossip to critics of his to the Idaho line, with portions of tude, an d little tr a d in g in fu tu re s is
the
re su lt. T hus f a r th e re has b een no
Belknap,
White
Pine,
Hoxon
and
matrimonial affairs.
rem edy p resen ted to com bat success
Heron burning.
Japan has completed the annexation I
Conflagrations rage in the Galla­ fu lly th e rav a g e s o f th e red spider
of Corea, but the Korean people have tin forest, Montana.
Thompson scourge, w hich is g a in in g im petus w ith
each succeeding y e a r, an d unless th e re
been kept in ignorance of the move.
Falls is in peril.
a v isita tio n of a good d ren ch in g rain
Ymir, B. C., is in danger from is
A sheepherder was found dying of
w ith in th e n ex t few d ay s (th e only
rabies "on an Eastern Washington fires which are burning in the bush. th in g th a t w ill check th e d e stru c tiv e
range, where he had been bitten by a Other fires are gaining headway in w ork o f th e sp id e r), th e loss to th e
that region and the situation is ser­ grow ers can n o t be estim ated .
coyote.
M uch com plaint w as received from
It is rumored that Miss Catherine ious.
Avery, Idaho, is destroyed, the th e b rew ers on account of the la x ity or
Elkins, who is to wed the Duke people fleeing to Tekoa.
a p p a re n t indifference on th e p a r t o f th e
d’Abruzzi, will eventually be queen of i
grow ers last season in resp ect to th e
Greece.
h a rv e stin g o f th e ir crops, as a resu lt
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BU
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ED
.
of w hich th e O regon crop, w hich o r d i­
Troops have been rushed to Crater
n arily b rin g s th e top p rice in b o th the
—
Lake forest reserve to fight fires. Men
are falling exhausted from exertion Women and Children Flee on Trains E a ste rn an d th e E n g lish m ark ets, s u f ­
fere d a sev ere slum p in th e q u o tatio n s,
— Skeletons Found.
and heat.
an d a serious se tb a c k in dem and. T he
Missoula,
Mont.
—
The
forest
fire
e a rly d eliv eries w ere such an in fe rio r
The Duke Franz Josef, of Barvaria,
situation
on
both
sides
of
the
Idaho-
g rad e in p o in t of p ic k in g th a t brew ers
visiting at Newport, R. I., was badly
Montana
line
is
more
serious
than
at
refu sed to b id upon th e offerings, and
shaken up in an auto collision with a
any
time
this
season.
p
aid th e g re a te r p rice fo r th e C a lifo rn ia
car driven by Vincent Astor.
Flames are sweeping over an in­ and N o rth Y ak im a crops.
The latest census gives the popula­ creasing area, destroying small settle­
O regon d ealers in g en eral h a v e re ­
tion of Canada as 7,489,781.
ments and wiping out of existence ceived w arn in g s upon th is score from
the E a s te rn facto rs, cau tio n in g the
A Pennsylvaia boy died from lock­ millions of dollars’ worth of property. grow
ers to be m ore circum spect in the
The loss of life will be large.
It
jaw resulting from a bee sting.
grows hourly, and the number of in­ m a tte r of p ick in g , else th e Oregon hop,
Whitman made a trip from New jured is constantly increasing. In w hich has h ereto fo re com m anded the
York to San Francisco by auto in 10% and aroqnd Wallace it is estimated h ig h est p ric e in th e m a rk e t, b o th do­
m estic an d fo reig n , s ta n d s in d an g e r of
days.
here the death list is at least 50.
losing its prestige.
In addition to at least 25 otherwise
Canada objects to the American
campaign to induce settlers to leave hurt, it is said that ten persons have
SALMON RUN FALLING OFF.
been made blind.
the dominion.
Indications in Wallace, however,
The ruling regent of "China has se­ are that hearly half of the city will be Packers Fear They Will Lose Money on
Chinese Contracts.
cretly ordered [all anti-foreign agita­ saved. Communications with Wallace
tion suppressed.
A sto ria —W hile th e catch of salm on
to the west has been possible at inter­
A party of Mazamas have discovered vals, but eastward it is entirely cut off was slig h tly b e tte r follow ing th e 24-
closed season, it w as fa r from b e ­
ten glaciers on the slope of the Three and it is known that the entire east hour
ing s a tis fa c to ry . T he salm on cau g h t
half of the town, above Seventh street, av erag e v ery sm all, w hile a t th is season
Sisters mountains.
The Danish Arctic expedition which has been burned. West of that a hard of th e y e a r larg e fish should be com ing
sailed in June, 1909, has been wrecked fight is being made and with improve­ in. T h e p a c k of b o th p ick led and
ment in the water supply there is more canned salm on is ra p id ly d ro p p in g b e ­
on the coast of Greenland.
chance that the flames may be driven hind, a n d the question o f filling th e ir
A number of innovations are being back.
C hinese c o n tra c ts is b e g in n in g to b other
introduced in ; the Chinese goverment
In Wallace the dead include: John some o f th e canners. L a s t season one
by American-educated officials.
Boyd, pioneer of the district and for of th e local c a n n in g com panies had a
C hinese c o n tra c t fo r p u ttin g up 40,000
California insurgents have eletced 16 years general agent of the Northern cases, b u t it p ack ed only 32,000 cases,
nine-tenths of the convention delegates Pacific railroad here, suffocated in his and w as th u s com pelled to p ay o ut a
and will control both houses of the leg­ home in Pearl street while trying to n et loss of o v er $4000. T his y e a r its
rescue the family parrot.
islature.
Chinese c o n tra c t is f o r 32,000 cases, and
Two unknown, whose skeletons were
An areoplanist, trying for an alti­ found in the ruins of the Michigan up to a few days ago i t had packed
only about 20,000 cases.
tude record, saw a balloonist in trouble house.
N e x t y e a r p ra c tic a lly all th e Colum ­
and hovered near him till he was safe­
Unknown man, burned to death in bia R iv e r p la n ts w ill be u sing th e new
ly landed.
the Coeur d’Alene house.
seam less, or w h a t are term ed sa n ita ry ,
Packfiring, in which the members of cans. T h is w ill re su lt in elim in atin g
Reports of a breach between Roose­
velt and Taft are discredited at Bever­ the city fire department, a company of th e Chinese c o n tra c ts to a g re a t e x te n t,
ly and little credence is given them the Twenty-fifth infantry and many an d m ore w h ite labor w ill be em ployed
volunteers joined, prevented new fires in th e p lan ts.
elsewhere.
west and south.
RABIES INQUIRY BEGINS.
Canada has purchased from England
The loss to the city is estimated at
the cruiser Rainbow, to form the nu­ close to $1,000,000. Some of the prin­
State Health Board Rushes Phylsican to
cleus of the Canadian navy. England cipal losers are:
also lends her colony a number of na­
Wallowa County.
Coeur d'Alene Hardware company,
val instructors.
P o rtla n d — To m ake an in v e stig a tio n
warehouse and stock, $150,000.
of th e epidem ic of rab ies w hich has
Sunset brewery, $80,000.
Another ear shortage seems inevit­
Providence hospital and the big mills sp read over a p o rtio n o f W allow a Coun­
able.
of the Federal Mining company were ty, D r. W. II. L y tle , s ta te veterinarian,
An Ottawa, Ont., scientist turns eop- the only buildings in the East End that le ft fo r th a t section a s the re p re se n ta ­
tiv e of th e s ta te b o ard of h ealth .
per into iron.
were saved.
D r. L y tle will p ro cu re the b ra in s and
Truck farming in Alaska is said to
Forest Supervisor George W. Wei­ spinal cord of th e dog th a t is rep o rted
be a lucrative business.
gel reports that the region between to h av e th e rabies, an d w ill b rin g th e
Japan has 500,000 sufferers on ac­ Wallace and the St. John river is specim ens here fo r exam in atio n .
swept practically clean, with enormous
“ I do n o t ta k e m uch sto c k in the
count of the recent floods.
rum ors th a t these an im als are a fflic te d
Cholera is raging in Russia, and chil­ loss.
w
ith
th e rab ies,* * said Dr. C. S. W hite,
Fires between Burke and Mullan
dren left orphans aro starving.
threaten both towns and many women of th e b oard. “ H ydro p h o b ia in an y
Shipyards in Germany are idle, owing and children have been sent out.
form is scarcely know n w est o f the
to the walk-out of 35,000 men.
At War Eagle tunnel six were found R ocky M ountains. T here h ave b een re ­
Five of p o rts of th is disease in th e p a s t, b u t
Aviator Le Blanc won the $20,000 dead and two badly burned.
prize in the 485-mile race at Paris.
the dead were in the tunnel, where upon in v e stig a tio n th e rum ors have
been found incorrect. H ow ever, w e in ­
Colliding with a black bear in the they had sought refuge. They lay face ten d to in v e s tig a te th e situ a tio n in
down
in
water,
covered
with
wet
rags
highway in Maine, an auto was over­
W allow a C ounty an d a s c e rta in th e fa c ts
and blankets.
turned.
a t once.”
Some had died from the fire and some
Coyotes a fflic te d w ith rab ies in W al­
The award list of the Belgian fair from suffocation by smoke. The in­
low a C ounty h ave cre a te d pandem onium
was not lost in the fire, and the prizoi
jured
were
taken
to
Providence
hospi­
in th e neighborhood o f B ly, on th e s ta te
will be given out.
line, fo r some tim e, acco rd in g to in fo r­
tal in Wallace.
Roosevelt lauds the South and ap­
Twelve dead were recovered at Big m ation th a t reached th e offfce o f Dr.
proves of the statute of General Leo Creek. There were three injured and W hite. C oyotes have b itte n dom estic
in the halls of congress.
three others were completely blinded. anim als, an d a dog on one farm in W a l­
One fire fighter was found dead near lowa C ounty w ith th e re su lt t h a t the
A Eugene farmer, jilted by a girl
anim als h ave developed m ark ed sym p­
he sent to Norway for, has brought suit Mullan, and 16 are injured at that tom
o f hydrophobia. A cow t h a t w as
in the eireuit court to recover $3,213 place. There are at Pine Creek three rep o s rted
to have been b itte n perfo rm ed
damages.
dead, five blinded and five others in­ sundry an tic s about th e place an d ended
jured.
A newly wed couple of Philadelphia
its g y ra tio n s by tr y in g to b u tt dow n a
were caught by the customs officers
tree.
Breathing Made Difficult.
when returning from abr rad tryi ig to
Klamath Falls, Ore.—Smoke is so
Dairies Are Inspected.
smuggle.
S alem — Dr. W. B. M orse, m em ber of
Jack Cudahy, the millionaire meat dense in the Clover Creek district that
packer of Kansas City, is to sue his breathing is difficult. The heat during the s ta te b o ard of h e alth , a n d S ta te
wife for divorce and custody of the the day is terrific, and at night the lurid V e te rin a ria n E . E . L y tle , of P en d leto n ,
four children.
flames may be seen shooting 160 feet made an inspection o f th e dairies in
Thirty-two paasengrs and seven of above the horizon.
Salem . A ll of the d a irie s ex cep tin g two
the crew of the Spanish steamer Mor-
The fire is leaving only an ashen w ere found to be in f a ir condition. The
tos were drowned Tuesday when the waste behind. The crashing of the officers g en erally recom m ended m ore
ship sank near Tarifa Point, after a
ventilation and lig h t, and also recom­
collision with the German steamer Elsa. blazing trees as they fall every few m
Heavy fog enshrouded the vessel, cans minutes makes a scene that baffles des­ ended th a t p atro n s v isit th e d airies.
ing the accident, and preventing the cription. The rising wind is sweeping T hey b elieve th a t such v isits w ill influ­
crew of the Elsa from saving many of the flatties up the mountain and they ence cleanliness and im provem ents upon
th e p a r t of th e ow ners. B u t a sm all
are alqo heading for Jennie creek.
the Mortos’ passengers or crew.
percen tag e of tu b ercu lo sis was found
am ong th e cows.
Mayor Gaynor is still Improving.
Blue Mountains All Ablaze.
Germany will build four dread­
Dayton, Wash.—A dense pall of
Hop growers in Trouble.
noughts.
smoke hangs over Southeastern Wash­
S alem — H opgrow ers in th is section
Forest fires still continue In Montana, ington obscuring the Blue mountains are c o n fro n ted b y a serious situ a tio n ,
Idaho and Washington.
and indicating that devastating fires
are again raging in the Wenaha re­ ow ing to th e low sta g e o f th e W illam ­
Four hundred Punjabs and Hindus serve on the Oregon side. 30 miles e tte R iver. P ic k e rs fo r th e m a jo rity of
have sailed for 8an Francisco.
east of here. Judging from the den­ th e ranches m ust be tra n sp o rte d by
A California tennis player won the sity of the smoke, the fires now burn­ boat, an d i t is im possible to float boats
national meet at Newport, R. I.
ing are the moat appalling this sum­ of any sise npon th e W illam ette. As a
Thieves are pillaging the ruins of mer. Meager details received from consequence, grow ers a re g rap p lin g w ith
e problem o f how to lan d p ick ers a t
the Belgian exposition, whieh recently the burned district tell of the location, th
e ir ranches, and th o u sa n d s of em ploy­
burned.
which is in the heavy pine and fir th
ers in th e v allev w ill find them selves
timber near the headwaters of the up a g a in st a difficult proposition.
Nine persons were hurt in a trolley Asotin river near Teal’s camp.
ear collision on the edge of the Niagara
Cutters Patrol Race Course.
whirlpool.
Farmhouses Destroyed.
Astoria—W. F. McGregor, eollector of
John Lind still refuses to be the
Grants Pass, Ore.—Fire that origin-1 customs, w as notified by the department
democratic candidate for governor ef
a ted along the Murphy road and burned : of commerce an d labor that the depart­
Minnesota.
ment had taken official knowledge of
Governor Harmon has ordered the into Fruitdale, three miles south of the eonrse laid out for the speed races
state troops back to Cohttabus, Ohio, to town, is still raging in the upper part to be held during the regatta on August
of the valley and threatening thej
quell the rioters.
Breitmayrr home. Residents of that 29, 30 and 31, and had requested the
The notorious burglar, *'Pink Dom district are exhausted from work. A treasury department to detail cutters to
ino,” was killed at Sacramento while patrol from town haa assisted, but the patrol the course.
fleeing from an ofBeer.
Five of the fastest motor eraft on the
fire is running in dry grass and under­ coast have already entered fer the races.
Ex-President John Mitchell, of the brush. So intense was the heat on the They are: Seattle Spirit, Pacer No. 2.
United Mine Workers, did not indorse county road that it was impassable. Wolff No. 2, Fighting Bob No. 2, and
the Illinois strike, a* was expected.
Several^hundred trees have been burned.1 Bonderworth, the latter being a steamer.
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PARKER D E N O U N C E S C O O K .
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS
NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST
Photographs Believed to Be Those
of Smaller Peaks Nearby.
Seward, Alaska — The
Parker-
OREGON LIBRARY COMMISSION. Browne Mount McKinley expedition DIFFICULTIES FOR POSTAL BANKS
passed through Seward, sailing on the
Good B ooks for W in te r R eading C an Be steamship Portland for Seattle.
The Other Securities Beside Municipal, State
Had b y V illagers.
and County Bonds Suggested.
party waa unsuccessful in its effort« to
Salem—The Oregon Library Commis­ scale the peak. Members of the expe­
W ash in g to n — I n th e opinion of the
sion has se v e ra l new traveling libraries
p o stm aster of one of th e larg er cities in
ready to send out into the state. The dition assert that they have conclusive th e S ta te of W ashington, difficulty will
traveling lib ra rie s are intended for evidence that Dr. Cook did not reach be ex p erien ced in th a t s ta te if s ta te ,
farming com m u n ities and small village« the summit.
co u n ty or m unicipal bonds are req u ired
not enjoying lib ra ry privileges and un­
as se c u rity fo r p o stal sa v in g s fu n d s to
The
members
of
the
Parker-Browne
able to support a library. There is ab­
be dep o sited in n atio n al an d s ta te ban k s
solutely no charge for the libraries ex­ party corroborate the statements made under th e pro v isio n s of th e new p o stal
ce p t the transportaion charges both by C. E. Rusk, who recently led an un­ sav in g s b an k law . O th er fo rm s of se­
ways. The books are packed in a strong
cu rity , eq u ally as good, in th e ju d g ­
wooden box and sent by freight; thej successful expedition, that the peak m ent of th is p o stm aster, will have to be
w eig h t averages 100 pounds. The li- climbed by Dr. Cook and used in his accep ted by th e g o v ern m en t, or th e
b ra ry may be kept six months, and then photographs as Mount McK inley is a b an k s will be unable, in a g re a t m any
re tu rn e d to th e commission and ex- 1
in stan ces, to receive th e p ostal b an k
ch an g ed for another and d ifferen t lo t ; smaller peak, easy of access and 10 fu n d s.
of books. The books m ust be loaned ! miles away from the real summit.
T he new law au th o rizes th e d eposit
fre e of charge to all responsible per- ! Professor Herschel Parker, who is at of th ese p o stal b a n k fu n d s in properly
sons in the community.
in sp e cted s ta te or n atio n al banks, an d
T he lib ra rie s a re usually k e p t in the the head of the expedition that just re- p ro v id es f u rth e r th a t “ th e b o ard o f
m ost c o n v e n ie n t public place, a school- turnd, took photographs of the lower tru ste e s sh all ta k e from such b an k s such
house, postoflice, g ran g e hall, sto re, o r in ' peak. He says these will prove that se c u rity in pub lic bonds or o th er
a hom e. T h ey a r e m ade up of th e v ery |
se cu rities, su p p o rted b y th e ta x in g
b est books fo r grow n people an d f o r ; Dr. Cook’s statement that he climbed pow er, as th e board m ay p rescribe, a p ­
ch ild ren . E a c h lib ra ry co n tain s 50 pop­ Mount McKinley are not true.
prove and deem sufficient an d necessary
u la r an d in te r e s tin g books o f fiction, | Professor Parker places no credence to in su re th e sa fe ty an d prom pt p a y ­
h isto ry , tra v e l, b io g rap h y , science, so- j in the statement made by Tom Lloyd, m en t of such deposits on demand.**
ciology, a n d lite ra tu r e , books w hich old j
of Fairbanks, and his associates that [ T he p o stm a ste r in q uestion, whose
a n d you n g w ill enjoy.
•nam e is w ith h eld a t th e req u est of th e
I f y ou are in te re ste d in a tra v e lin g j they climbed the mountain from the p o stm aster g en eral, has laid before tho
Fairbanks
side.
lib ra ry fo r y o u r com m unity, w rite to j
d ep artm en t a suggestion w hich seems to
Those in the party which returned have co n sid erab le m erit, an d which m ay
th e L ib r a r y Com m ission, Salem , f o r f u r ­
are: Professor Herschel Parker, of f a c ilita te th e opening o f p o stal b anks
th e r in fo rm a tio n .
Columbia
University;
Belmore in th e S ta te of W ash in g to n if it is acted
Browne, of Tacoma; Professor J. H. upon. The suggestion ap p ears to have
CLAMBAKE ANNUAL AFFAIR.
Cuntz, of Stevens Institute, Hoboken, m erit, an d d eals w ith a situ a tio n w hich
m ust be m et w hen th e p o sta l b an k s d e­
Newport People Pleased Over Success N. J.; Herman L. Tucker, of Newton, gin
business.
Mass.; Waldemar Grassie, of Columbia
of First Festival.
University, and Merle Leroy, an Alas­
FARMERS GET HIGH PRICES.
N ew p o rt— N ew p o rt will h av e a n a n ­ kan packer.
nual clam b ak e ow in g to th e success of
th e clam b ak e on A ugust 14. T he oven
Alaska Offers Truck growers Chance of
A C C U S E D M EN P R O M IN E N T.
is p e rm an en t an d th e n ecessary sea
Quick Fortune.
foods a re easy to ob tain .
Makes Political
W a sh in g to n —“ How would you like
S u n d ay w as selected as th e d a te fo r System of Graft
to be a tru c k fa rm e r in A la s k a ? ’ *
Crooked Work Look Pale.
th e re c e n t clam b ak e as th e saloons are
T h is is a h y p o th etical question asked
closed on th a t d ay . Rev. J . R. N . Bell
Chicago—The first blow in the $5,- b y th e U n ite d S ta te s D ep artm en t of
d efen d ed th e d a te , sa y in g th a t he would
000,000
Illinois
Central
graft
scandal
A g ric u ltu re in an official re p o rt from
feel as m uch a t home a t such a well-
re g u la te d clam b ak e as he would if he has fallen, and three officials of the th e d e p a rtm e n t. The re p o rt says:
I 1 ‘ W ould you care to ru n a tru ck farm
w ere in v ite d to a p riv a te d in n er on road were landed in jail, although but >
w ith stra w b e rrie s sellin g a t $1.25 to $2
S u n d ay . T he crow ds, he sa id , w ere i
th e b e st b eh a v e d he had ev er seen, in for a few minutes. It was a full con­ a q u a rt, cucum bers $2 to $5 a dozen;
ch u rch or out. A ll the v isito rs seemed fession from an official of the Blue celery 50 cen ts each, to m ato es 50 cen ts
to ag ree w ith him , as th ey h av e show- j Island Car & Equipment company, de­ to $1 a pound, an d o th er p ro d u cts a t
p ro p o rtio n a te prices? Or would you
ered c o n g ra tu la tio n s on th e com m ittee
clared to involve not only these, but p re fe r g en eral fa rm in g w ith a few pigs
who a rra n g e d th e affair.
T h e C o rv allis & E a s te rn R a ilro ad numerous other of the road’s former an d ch ick en s as a side line, w ith hay
Com pany d id th e b est i t could, b u t officials, that finally resulted in the ar­ se llin g a t $60 to $100 a ton, hogs 30
cen ts a pound, young pig s 75 cen ts a
m an y w ere com pelled to sta n d in the
pound, an d eggs $2 a dozen?
cars. I t is b eliev ed h ere th a t such rests.
“ T hese p rices are receiv ed in A laska
crow ds as h a v e come to N ew p o rt th is
The men arrested were: Frank H.
sum m er w ill fo rc e th e ra ilro a d com pany Harriman, former general manager of u n d er fav o ra b le m a rk e t co nditions, b u t
th e p ro sp ectiv e se ttle r should consider
to b u ild a ro u n d th e b ay fro m Y aq u in a, I
an d th u s do aw a y w ith th e fe rry b o a t the Illinois Central, released on bond th e difficulties an d expense of farm in g
and w a itin g f o r th e ex ch an g e of b a g ­ of $40,000; John M. Taylor, former as w ell as th e high p rices of his p ro d ­
gage.
_________
general storekeeper at Burnside, re­ ucts.
“ A lask a is not g en erally g iv en much
leased on bond of $40,000; Charles L. co n sid eratio n from an a g ric u ltu ra l
Japanese Invasion Is Feared.
M ed fo rd — R ogue R iv er v a lle y is in a Ewing, former general superintendent sta n d p o in t, an d y e t, d esp ite th e rigorous
clim ate, a larg e v a rie ty of g rain s, sm all
s ta te of ex c ite m e n t and th e local p ap ers of the Illinois Central lines north of f ru its and v eg etab les is b ein g success­
are d e v o tin g colum ns o f space to th e the Ohio river.
fu lly grown.**
In each case the prisoner was charg­
p o ssib ility of a Ja p a n e se lab o r an d la n d ­
MISSION NOT UNDERSTOOD.
b u y in g in v a sio n of th e valleq . T his ed with conspiracy to commit an illegal
scare is b ased on th e f a c t th a t Is u n ji act and obtaining money by means of a Filipino Asks Dickinson for Boon Con­
A iba, .Japanese vice-consul a t P o rtla n d , confidence game. In each instance the
gress Alone Could Grant.
sp e n t se v era l d ay s h ere in v e s tig a tin g prisoner stoutly maintained his inno­
M
a
n
ila—
Ja c o b M. D ickinson, the
th e d em and f o r labor, th e p rice of lan d cence and declared that if a conspiracy
an d th e pro fits on o rch ard s, a n d th e pos­ existed it was on the part of the road A m erican S e cretary of W ar, has found
s ib ility of re n tin g and leasin g o rch ard s to prosecute them. The warrants were it necessary to define th e lim ita tio n s of
an d o th e r lan d . T his is ta k e n to m ean sworn to by President Harahan, of the a c a b in e t officer an d ex p lain to th e F ili­
pinos th e n a tu re of his v is it to th e ir
th a t th e O rie n ta ls are p la n n in g to get railroad concerned.
co u n try .
possession of R ogue R iv e r V alley.
A t L u cen a a recep tio n w as g iven in
honor of M r. D ickinson an d Governor-
Fight Films Curtailed.
G eneral F o rb es, and one of th e m em bers
C o ttag e G rove— T he Jo h n so n -Jeffries
of th e assem bly who w as p resen ted to
m oving p ic tu re s w ere p u t on a t a local
th e se c re ta ry urged im m ed iate in d ep en d ­
ence fo r th e islands. A n o th er assem ­
p ic tu re show house la s t w eek. A fte r
Washington—Asserting that he had b ly m an , as a lte rn a tiv e , u rg ed a p opular
th e show had been in p ro g ress a sh o rt
c o n stitu tio n an d an electiv e sen ate.
tim e, A ctin g C hief of P o lice B row n o r­ been hampered in every possible way
S e c re ta ry D ickinson, in rep ly in g , s t a t ­
in his efforts to uphold the laws of his
dered th e m an ag er to q u it sellin g tic k e ts state against the sale of food contain­ ed th a t th ere w ere lim ita tio n s to the
fo r th e ex h ib itio n , an d p laced th e ow ner
p
o
sition of a c a b in e t officer, an d re ­
of th e film u n d er a rre s t, as on ly 10 of ing benzoate of soda and announcing g re tte d th e F ilip in o s a p p a re n tly had
that
he
would
appeal
to
President
Taft,
th e 14 rounds w ere show n. L a te r
been m isin fo rm ed as to th e significance
th e issue w as a d ju ste d a f t e r th e show , Attorney General Bingham, of Indiana, an d purpose o f his v isit. H e to ld them
denounced
the
department
of
agricul­
w as a d v e rtise d as a “ 10-round re p ro ­
th a t congress w as th e on ly place w here
d u ctio n of th e Je ffrie s-Jo h n so n fig h t.* * ture officials.
th e p o litical s ta tu s o f th e islan d s could
The scoring occurred in the hearing be discussed.
OFFICIALS HAMPER
STATE FOOD FIGHT
Small Fish of Fine Quality.
held here in connection with the case
j
mayor of Ottumwa, la.
At the trial
Onions— W alla W alla, $2.50 p er sack : of the mayor, held recently at Ottum­
O regon. $2672.25 p e r sack .
wa, it was charged by Attorney Gen­
E ggs— Oregon can d led , 28(529c p er
eral Cesson, who prosecuted the hear­
dozen.
B u tte r— C ity cream ery , solid p ack , 34c ing, that Mayor Phillips was guilty of
p e r pound; b u tte r fat. 34e p e r pou n d ; wilful neglect of duty in permitting
resorts and the gambling houses to
c o u n try store b u tte r , 24c p e r pound.
Cheese— Full cream , tw in s. 17H6718c run, and also that the mayor was in­
p er pound; Y oung A m erica, 18*4@U*<* toxicated on April 30.
P o u ltry — ITens. 18(5)19«; sp rin g s. 18
Castro Family is Ousted.
6719c; ducks, 126714c; geese, 10671l , Ac;
tu rk ey s, live. 20c; dressed , 22*4@ 25c:
Washington—The entire Csstro fam­
sqnabs, $3 p er d^xen.
ily, apparently, has been ousted from
P o rk — F an cy , 13c p e r pound.
Venezuela. A dispatch to the State
V eal— F an cy , 12%6713c p e r pound.
department from the American lega­
H ops— 1909 crop, 86712H c, acco rd in g
tion at Caracas states that 36 relatives
to q u a lity ; olds, nominal; 1910 eon-
of ex-President Castro have been ex­
tra c ts . 1 3 ^ e .
Wool— E astern O regon, 13(5)17e p e r j pelled from Venezuela and sailed for
p o u n d ; v alley, 186720c p e r pound. Mo-1 Porto Rico.
h a ir— Choice, 326733c.
C a srara B a rk —4tAc p e r pound.
Detroit Census 465.766.
H ides— S alted hid®*, 7677*4« p e r
Washington—The
population of De-
pou n d ; salted c alf, 13c; salted kid, 9c;
salted stag«, fle; green hides, lc less; triof, Mich., is 465,766, an increase
d ry hides. lflt(,6717e; dry calf, 17$7 j of 180,062 or 63 per cent, as compared
with 285,704 in 1900.
19c; dry stags, 11 @12«.
Farmers May Make Surface Entry
on Large Tract in Dakotas.
Washington — A delegation from
North and South Dakota, headed by
Governor Vassey from the latter state,
conferred with the Interior department
officials seeking an order looking to
the surface entry of about 1,000,000
acres of withdrawn coal lands in the
two states. The Dakotans were in­
formed that the department already
had taken practically the action for
which they came to Washington.
Temporary regulations have been is­
sued explaining the withdrawal of
lands was subject, under the law, to
surface acquisition, reserving the coal
for the United States.
William B.
Newman, law examiner of the general
land office, they were informed, had
been sent to Lemmon, S. D., the head­
quarters of the Dakota land district,
to assist in expediting the settlement
of the agricultural claims.
C H IN A T A K IN G NEW T A C K .
Minister Calhoun Reports Move in
Empire's Government.
Washington— William J. Calhoun,
American minister to China has notified
the state department of a number of
governmental innovations there which
convinced the State department that an
energetic and business-like manage­
ment of affairs is to be expected from
the Chinese empire.
The United State« government is un­
derstood to be pleased with the eleva­
tion of Tong Shao Yi as acting presi­
dent of the imperial board of posts
and communications to take the place
of Hau Shi Chang, who, with Prince
Yi Lu Lang, has just been advanced to
the grand council.
Tong is a graduate of Yale and a
protege of the Viceroy Yuan Shi Kai,
under whom he advanced rapidly after
the troubles of 1900.
CA SH FOR N A T IO N A L GUARD.
War Department Announces Appor­
tionment of Militia Fund.
Washington — The war department
has announced apportionment of $4,-
000,000, the appropriation made by
congress for militia of various states.
Of this total fund allotted according to
congressional representation and mili­
tia strength of respective states, Ore­
gon will receive $36,137, Washington
will receive $33,632 and Idaho $21,-
032. This fund will be disbursed for
the following purposes:
O re g o n W a sh . Id a h o
A rm s a n d e q u ip m e n t.......... 111.736 $14,670 $8,802
Rifle p r a c t ic e ..........................
3.912
4.890 2.934
A m m u n itio n ............................
7.206
5.571 3,745
S u p p lie s ....................................... 13.282 12,012 5.550
Unlisted strength of militia of vari­
ous states is reported as follows: Ore­
gon, 1,415; Washington, 1,244; Idaho,
642.
Third Degree Probe On.
San Francisco—As a member of the
senatorial committee appointed at the
last session of congress to investigate
the methods of obtaining testimony in
Federal courts, involving an inquiry
into the so-called “ third degree,’’ Uni­
ted States Senator William J. Stone,
of Missouri, began the hearing of evi­
dence in this city.
He opened the investigation alone,
his colleague. Senator Borah, not hav­
ing arrived from Idaho. The charge
that undue influence was brought to
bear to secure the conviction of Dr. E.
Ohio Man for Ballinger’s Job.
W ash in g to n — A p e rsis te n t rum or th a t B. Perrine, accused of land frauds, is
P re sid e n t T a f t had offered th e p o rtfo lio one of the matters being considered.
and others
I of Williams Brothers
j against the board of health of Indiana.
I Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the
! bureau of chemistry, and a sworn en­ o f th e in te rio r d e p a rtm e n t to P re sid e n t
O. T hom pson, of th e Ohio S ta te U n i­
j emy of benzoate of soda as a food pre­ W.
v e rsity , is a ttr a c tin g a tte n tio n . I t is in
servative, was under cross-examina­ th e w ay of confirm ation o f th e re p o rt
j tion at the time.
th a t S e n ato r C ra n e ’s recen t trip in to th e
W est w as m ade fo r th e purpose of su g ­
g e s tin g to B a llin g er th a t he should re ­
Scramble tor Plates On.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Chicago — Although invitations to sign from th e cab in et. M uch c re d it is
W h eat— B luestem , 96(5>98c; club, 86 the Hamilton club banquet to Theodore g iven to th e Thom pson rum or. I t is
know n he is in fav o r w ith progressives
(5 8 8c; red R ussian, 84(5)85c; v alley ,
92c; fo rty -fo ld , 87@ 88c; T u rk e y red, | Roosevelt on September 8 have been in his s ta te , also n u m b erin g m any re g u ­
la
out only 24 hours and plates are quoted r R ep ublicans am ong h is su p p o rters.
90c.
H a y — T rack p rices: T im o th y W iliam-1 at $7,60 each, 400 reseravtions have
It Is Up to the President.
e tte V alley, $18(5)19 p e r to n ; E a ste rn j
been made and the entertainment com-
O regon, $20(5'21; a lf a lfa , new , $13(5)14;
W ash in g to n — S e c re ta ry B a llin g er has
mitteee
began
figuring
on
larger
quar­
g ra in hay, $13@14.
sen t word to B e v erly th a t he will re ­
B arley — F eed a n d b rew in g , $24.50(5) ters for the event, as the present quar­ sign an y tim e he is ask ed to do so by
ters
accommodate
only
675
guests.
25 p e r ton.
th e p resid en t, b u t n o t u n til th en . T his
It was before the Hamilton club is th e rep o rt th a t is c u rre n t here. The
Corn— W hole, $32; crack ed , $33 per
that
the
“
strenuous
life’’
was
ton.
se c re ta ry m ade p lain th is a ttitu d e to
M illstuffs— B ran , $20 p e r to n ; m id i launched and the “ big stick’’ became a S en ato r C ran e in M inneapolis, a f o r t­
d lings. $30; sh o rts, $21(5)22; ro lled bar- I symbol of the Roosevelt policies.
n ig h t ago, an d th e se n a to r has com m u­
ley, $25(5 26.
n icated it to th e p re sid e n t. T h is r e ­
O ats— New, $29(S>29.50 p e r ton.
p o rt ad d s color to th e g ro w in g im p res­
Green River Hotel Burns.
G reen F ru its— A pples, new . 50c@ $1.50 j
Seattle—Flames spreading from for­ sion th a t in th e effort to g et rid of
p e r bo x ; aprico ts, 7 5 c @ l; plum s, 75c@
B a llin g er, Cannon and A ldrich w ith o u t
1; pears, $1.25(5)1.50; p each es, 40@ 75c; est fires have totally destroyed the soilin g h is han d s, th e p re sid e n t has
g rap es, 75c(5^$1.25; b la c k b e rrie s, $1.75 Green River Hot Springs hotel and com e to g rie f.
per c ra te ; lo g an b erries, $1.50 p e r cra te , j plant, causing a lisa estimated at $35,-
M elons— W aterm elons, $1(5)1.25 p e r ( 000, with insurance of approximately
Laurier Delays Issue.
h u n d red ;
can talo u p es, $1.50(5)3 p er) $10,000. Forest fires have been rag­
V ancouver, B. C.— S ir W ilfrid L a u ­
cra te .
ing in the valley of Green River for rie r, p rem ier of C anada, accom panied
V egetables— B eans, 3(5)5e p e r pound; several days.
Green River Hot
cab b ag e, 2% 6 f3 e; cauliflow er, $1.50 p er! Springs until last Monday had been un­ b y G. P . G raham , com m issioner o f r a il­
dozen; celery, 90c; co rn , 25c; cucum ­ der the proprietorship of Dr. J. S. Klo- w ays, and sev eral o th er of th e ch iefs of
b ers, 25(5M0c p er b o x ; e g g p la n t, flfo'Sc ber. On that day he turned over the th e g o v ern m en t, a rriv e d in V ancouver
p e r pound; g arlic, 8(5)10c; g reen onions,
plant to North Yakima interests for a on a to u r o f th e C an ad ian N o rth w est.
15c p er dozen; pep p ers, 50c p e r box;
No lives Tn rep ly to an ad d ress p resen ted b y the
rad ish es, 15@20c p e r do zen ; squash, consideration of $145,000.
board of tra d e , w hich su g g ested general
¿Cc p er c ra te ; to m ato es, SOio'flOc p er \ were lost.
le g islatio n g ra n tin g a ta riff on lum ber,
box.
th e p rem ier d eclared th a t in th e p ra irie
Iowa Mayor is Ousted.
S ack V egetables— C a rro ts, $1(5)1.25;
tric ts, w hich he had ju s t v isited , th e
beets, $1.50; p arsn ip s, $1(5)1.25; tu rn ip s,
Des Moines, la.—Judge W. E. Wil- d w is h eat
fa rm e rs w an ted fre e tra d e , so
$ 1 . 0 0 .
cocksen, at Sigourney, handed down an th a t th e go v ern m en t would be com pelled
P o ta to e s— New. $1.25(5'T.35 p er hun opinion ousting Thomas J. Philips as
to go c a re fu lly in to th e su b ject.
d red ; sw eet p o tato es, 4c p e r pound.
A sto ria— T he ru n o f fish h as showed
some im provem ent, th e sein es on S and
Isla n d m ak in g m uch b e tte r catc h e s th an
la s t w eek. The fish are ru n n in g sm all
an d are of a fine q u a lity , b u t th e larg e
fish are not of th e b est, b e in g so poor
th a t cold sto rag e p la n ts h av e ceased
p ic k lin g a n d sm o k in g them .
C O A L LAN D TH R O W N O PEN .
Eastern Cities Growing.
W ash in g to n — T h e fo llow ing census
re tu rn s w ere p u b lish ed to d a y : N ew ­
a rk , 347,469; S cran to n , P a ., 129,867;
S ch en ectad y , N. Y., 72,826.
T he in crease a t N ew ark w as 101.399,
or 41.2 p e r cen t, as com pared w ith
246.070 in 1900. A t S cran to n th e in
crease w as 27,841. o r 27.3 p e r c e n t, as
com pared w ith 102,026 iff 1900. A t
S ch en ectad v . N . Y., th e in crease w as
41.144. o r 129.9 p e r cen t, as com pared
w ith 31,982 in 1900.
Official Estimate on Forest Fires.
Washington—Seven thousand dollars
a day is what it is costing the govern­
ment to fight forest fires in the North­
west, according to estimates given
out by the forestry service. This
enormous drain upon the public treas­
ury is the result of the most destruc­
tive series of conflagrations that have
occurred since the establishment of the
bureau. Associate Forester Albert F.
Potter expressed his belief that the
worst of the destruction is past. He
believes that the army and the rangers
have the flames under control.
High Chinese Deposed.
Pekin—An imperial edict was issued
unexpectedly dismissing two members
of the grand council, Chih Sui and Wu
Yu Seng. Prince Yu Lang, a member
pf the imperial family, and Hsu Skill
Chang, president of the ministry of
posts and communications, are appoint­
ed to the vacancies. Tang Shao Yi,
ex-governor of the Province of Muk­
den, is appointed to succeed Hsu Shih
Chang as president of the ministry of
posts and communications.
New Tariff Increases Imports.
Washington — Importations into the
United States during the first year of
the opertaion of the Payne tariff law
were larger than in any previous year,
as also was the value of those entering
free of duty. The customs receipts,
amounting to $327,873,672, were larger
than in any previous year except 1907,
while the monthly average of customs
receipts under the Dingley, Wilson or
McKinley laws.
Warship Builder Retires.
Washington—Naval Constructor J.
H. Linnsrd, for yesrs senior officer of
the bureau of construction and repair
of the navy, at his own request was
placed on the retired list
Next to Rear Admiral Capps, the in­
fluence of Naval Constructor Linnard
has surpssesed that of any other man
in the designing of the new navy. He
entered the naval service in 1877.
Appeal for Jailed Americans.
D ouglas, A ria.— A ppealed to b y four
o f its m em bers who w ere in priso n at
G navm as. M exico, an d den ied release
on b ail, th e O rd er o f R a ilro ad C on d u ct­
ors asked th e W ash in g to n governm ent
to in te rv e n e . N o fo rm al ch arg es have
been lodged a g a in s t th e fo u r im prisoned
condnetors. T he M ex ican s hold them
npon th e b ro ad ground o f v io latio n of
the ra ilro a d reg u latio n s.
Sympathy Sent to Japan.
Washington—An expression of sym­
pathy of the American government snd
the people of the United States with
Japan in the flood calamities, in which
hundreds lost their lives in Japan in
the last few days, was telegraphed by
the state department to the Ameri­
can ambassador at Tokio.